Thanks to Axel Horns and Ulf Möller we offer an excerpt of the draft European Parliament report on global surveillance cited in news reports recently: An Appraisal of Technolgies of Political Control Scientific and Technological Options Assessment Working Document (Consultation version) PE 166 499 Luxembourg, 6 January 1998 The report covers: - The Role & Function of Political Control Technologies - Recent Trends and Innovations - Developments in Surveillance Technologies - Innovations in Crowd Control Weapons - New Prison Control Systems - Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies - Regulation of Horizontal Proliferation - Further Research See excerpt: http://jya.com/atpc.htm Printed copies are available from the staff of the British MEP Glyn Ford (tel +322 2843748 fax +322 2849059, jford@europarl.eu.int).